This is a description of interview data that is not open and reusable. The data were collected within the postdoctoral project CARELA (2020-2024) funded by the Finnish Research Council. This research project focused on child welfare, children’s rights and access to justice in transnational settings and mapped the diverse phenomena that should fall under the umbrella of transnational child welfare but often go under the radar of legal and social work practices. Additionally, the project examined how individuals are affected by the contingent and changing social relations that simultaneously condition and emerge in the field of transnational child welfare, how different actors view the adequacy of the support provided by the state, and how bureaucrats use and make sense of law in different settings. Interview data: A total of 67 qualitative semi-structured interviews (Galletta 2013) or teller-focused interviews (Bredal et al. 2022, Hydén 2014), of which 52 were recorded and transcribed, plus 11 interviews related to social issues within the Finnish community in Spain (total 78 interviews) and several informal interviews. Authorities (appr. 1-2 hours each, 1-4 participants) 33 interviews, of which 25 were recorded (13 were conducted in collaboration with Noora Kivioja, personally participated in 27 interviews) • Social work professionals: 20 interviews (4 not recorded) • Ministry and judiciary personnel: 8 (6 recorded) • Police officers: 5 (3 recorded) Individuals: A total of 11, of which 9 were recorded Other actors: 23 interviews, of which 18 were recorded, 5 were not recorded • Organizations: 6 (3 recorded) • Lawyers: 5, all recorded • Education sector: 3, all recorded • Other actors: researchers, service providers, parish, religious associations, community activities (7, 1 not recorded)

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